A disruption in responding due to an overly demanding response requirement is technically known as
A) ratio under duress.
B) ratio strain.
C) response strain.
D) response under duress.

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Ratio strain occurs when the response requirement in a ratio schedule of reinforcement becomes so high that the organism's rate of responding declines. This can happen in both fixed and variable ratio schedules when the number of responses required for reinforcement is increased too much or too quickly.

A Disruption in Responding Due to an Overly Demanding Response